Re: Searching for a file

On Sun, 25 May 2025 at 10:05, Rob Cliffe via Python-list
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, but if I understand correctly, they all start from a single
> directory (and work downwards if required).
> My suggestion involved searching a *list* (possibly multiple lists) of
> directories.

for dir in dirs:
    try: open(dir + "/" + fn).close()
    except FileNotFoundError: pass
    else: break

Is this really all that difficult? Not everything has to be in the stdlib.

ChrisA